“They are loose all day and night," he said. "We don’t need to tie them to anything. Every circus who hires elephants or animals from us know that they can’t hire them if they can’t give good treatment."

The elephants get daily showers and on show days, Rene makes sure their time under the tent is as short as possible.

“I have like a really close relationship with them and also think that’s what allowed me to do the stunts that I do,” Rene said.